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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:14:15 +0100
To: Richard Lister <ric@gi*.ge*.ed*>
From: Peter Fjelsten <fjelsten@ma*.do*.dk*>
Subject: Re: Oxygen (the quick and dirty version)
Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com

Den 18-02-00 14:11 -0500 skrev Richard Lister (At 18-02-00 14:11 -0500 Richard 
Lister wrote)...
>I know this ain't usenet, but WTF. I hereby invoke Godwin's Law.
>
>   Godwin's Law /prov./ [Usenet] "As a Usenet discussion grows
>        longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or
>        Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many
>        groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and
>        whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever
>        argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically
>        guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length
>        in those groups.

Brilliant! Thanks for this gem!

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